International Nature Writing
The August issue of Words Without Borders has got a lovely selection of innovative nature writing from eastern Europe, central Africa, South America, and some imaginary places. Check it out if you’re looking for something interesting to read on a sultry August afternoon wherever you happen to be. Think about place, time, circumstance, and how these intersect; how everyplace is sometime and, as Delmore Schwartz wrote, “all are circumstances.” I’ve just moved and am consequently even more aware than usual of place and time. More soon, once I get settled.
